TIM O’CONNOR is a filmmaker based in New York City. His professional work as a television director, producer and writer has aired on HBO, Hulu, ABC, Discovery ID and Oxygen. He holds an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University and teaches filmmaking at NYU Tisch and Stony Brook University.

As a screenwriter, Tim has been an artist-in-residence at the Millay Colony for the Arts and Willapa Bay AiR. His comedy feature script BLUESHIFT won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Award in 2017 and his television pilot CEREMONY was selected for the 2022 Blue List.

His first feature film as a writer & director, THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, was released via indie streaming platform NoBudge in 2019 and his award-winning short film, WE WANTED CHILDREN played at festivals across the country in 2022, including Brooklyn Horror, FilmQuest and Flickers Rhode Island.